Benjamin Banneker by Autumn

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Benjamin Bannaker by Autumn

File:Benjamin Banneker woodcut, age 64.jpg
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  • In 1790 Benjamin Bannaker was placed on the surveying team for the capitol at Thomas Jeffersons request.
  • Benjamin Bannaker made use of his growing fame to speak out against slavery,although Bannaker grew up free.
  • Bannakers father was an freed slave.
  • Bannaker was an inventor,mathematician,and an astronomer.
  • Benjamin Bannaker invented an woodin clock when he was about 21









    Bannaker was born in Ellicotts Mills, Maryland.